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The Beginning Scene of Katherine Mansfields A Cup of Tea Literature Essay
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This discussion talks that the description is not entirely flattering as we first hear the rather critical monologue of the narrator and then move closer to the character, moving first from the character description into an expository explanation of her history to the final relating of what happens, including little snippets of dialogue.
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New World Encounters America: Past and Present Literature Essay
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America: Past and Present is a book written by chapters according to the events that happened which shaped America's history and influenced its future. This book which has 33 chapters was written by seven brilliant men. Robert A. Divine is a recipient of Organization of American Historians (OAH)Distinguished Lectureship Program for 2006-2007. A Littlefield Professor Emeritus, Robert A. Divine taught American Diplomatic History at the University of Texas in Austin for 42 years.
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Connection Between Luck and Fate Literature Essay
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This way, Dostoevsky shows that a man’s life is not entirely governed by fate and luck instead a major part of the happenings in a man’s life is due to his own decisions and choices. In addition, Dostoevsky also shows that man’s choices and decisions in life, coupled with fate and luck, influences the people around him even after his death. Thus our lives should not depend on fate and luck alone. 
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Peter Pan And Mary Poppins Affirming The Role Of The True Woman Literature Essay
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Unlike modern interpretations that hold the female roles of the early 20th century were powerless and meaningless, both of these books reveal flashes of tremendous strength in the form of the female figure, both within and without the traditional roles. Both Peter Pan and Mary Poppins convey the sense of the traditional female role as something both strong and weak.
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William Faulkner's Writing Style Literature Essay
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Faulkner uses an anonymous narrator for this short story.  These three examples also use flashback sequences that make the story layered.  This allows readers to think about the story, Faulkner did not just tell a story with his own agenda.  Faulkner wrote about settings he was familiar with, the Deep South of the United States of America. 
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Developing the Modern Heroine through A Red Girls Reasoning and Its Wavering Image Literature Essay
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The heroine in “Its Wavering Image” is half-Chinese and half-white. Her half-white parent died long before the opening of the story and Pan has grown up associated herself predominantly with her Chinese father’s culture living in Chinatown. She never really considers her divided self until she begins talking with Mark Carson
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Peter Pan and Mary Poppins: A Common Theme Literature Essay
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Fairy tales are dubbed such because they present us with a glimpse of another world.  This is a world that is similar to ours in that it typically contains all the same features and natural processes, but in this world, things work a little differently.  The rules can be bent, changed, or work directly opposite to how they work in our world. 
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Self-Talk in A Rose for Emily Literature Essay
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From this essay, it is clear that if the character is describing himself or herself, a self-deprecating attitude is best. In the novel, the “We” character does not attempt to let the reader be endeared to its persona and tried its best to be level headed. Hence, the reader does not feel that Ms. Emily is an underdog of an oppressive society out to gossip about her.
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The Most Popular Poem of All Time the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Literature Book Report/Review
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His broken heart pushes him to the brink of madness as he recalls the arrival of the raven in his home on a cold December night. Poe makes the famous tale of Lenore’s lamenting lover memorable by carefully crafting a vivid Gothic setting throughout the poem. “The Raven” was the first of Poe’s works to achieve critical acclaim. The poem was first published in 1845.
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Creative Piece of Writing Literature Essay
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Aristotle, in his renowned Poetics, views men mere objects of imitation. “Since the objects of imitation are men in action, he argues, and these men must be either of a higher or a lower type, it follows that we must represent men either as better than in real life, or as worse, or as they are. It is the same in painting.”
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The Braid By Ian C. MacMillan Literature Essay
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The essay describes that the connecting of lives in the novel represents the importance of unity among humankind and the feeling of security and stability that closely connected human strive to achieve. The braid itself is a symbol for the significance man places on close familial ties. It has less to do with consanguinity and more to do with common humanity
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The Jungle Book Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that where many people think of the Jungle Book as a story about a boy lost in the jungle, it is really much more than that, and also contains other stories that could have stood as stand-alone works. However, by including these stories in the Jungle Book, Kipling helped broaden the width and tone of his collection of stories.
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Loneliness and Isolation in Borges Story Literature Literature review
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The South is Miss Emily, personified in her refusal to pay taxes and her failure to acknowledge the new reality which surrounds her, culminating in her dismissive treatment of the town’s authorities and her rejection of the very concept of the mailbox services. The South is also the decaying mansion; the mansion which is falling into disrepair.
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Stephen King's characteristic of horror in the novel Cell Literature Essay
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Tthis book does make reference to events that could happen and have happened in the past. There are no zombies, those who have perished do not come back to us however the characters are zombie-like. There are no big surprises or shocking events to suddenly jolt us then allow us to return back to reality.
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Nickel and Dimed and Low Class Issues Literature Essay
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Therefore, what Barbara Ehrenreich has narrated in Nickel and Dimed is an account of her bitter experience as a low-class worker. She worked in several places in America to find out whether the situation is the same for all such workers everywhere in America. The irony is that America is a rich and prosperous country.
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Compare Characters Aeneas and Turnus from the Aeneid by Virgil Literature Book Report/Review
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Aeneas is the character with whom Vergil most identifies. He is the primary character in the legend and like Vergil; he approaches the world, even its hostilities, in an idealistic and prophetic manner. Aeneas is the son of Venus, a goddess of love and beauty and again like Vergil, he is closely identified with his mother.
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Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town by E.E. Cummings Literature Book Report/Review
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The life of this man is written to portray the sad existence of so many people who live and die without being loved or appreciated, and the town in which he lives is populated by “someones” and “everyone's” who continue on with their daily lives only thinking of themselves. The poem addresses one of the most major concerns for individuals in any society.
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Nation in the Jungle: Toomai of the Elephants Literature Essay
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Nation in the Jungle: ‘Toomai of the Elephants’ as a story and a chapter “Since Kipling's The Jungle Book has been relegated to the category of children's fiction and is today usually read in its Disneyfied version, its constructions of nation, race and class in colonial space, exposed through its narrations of local inhabitants (both animals and humans), have not attracted the attention that they deserve.”
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Imperialism as Savior in Toomai of the Elephants and Kiplings Jungle Book Literature Essay
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Rudyard Kipling grew up in a time when colonialism and imperialism were strong factors in the Indian way of life.  Born in India, he nursed a strong love for the country throughout his life, but not necessarily for the traditional beliefs of the natives.
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The Hobbits and Orcs problem Literature Essay
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The three vicious Orcs and the three gentle Hobbits who need to cross the river on a single boat will be able to so in five trips assuming that the Orcs would not gobble up Hobbits when they are alone and equal in number.
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The Hobbits and the Orcs Literature Essay
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Given the particular situation, I interpreted the rules to mean that there could never be more orcs on either side of the river than hobbits, this included the orc, if any, in the boat. This
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Racism as it is Portrayed in Film: Annotate Bibliography Literature Essay
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This presentation explores the concept of alienation as it exists within modern times. After providing some background as to how the concept has been treated throughout history, the author explains how it is seen in the modern context, particularly as it is affected by technology.
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King Lear by Shakespeare Literature Literature review
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Depicting the struggle of two worlds, the old feudal one, and the newly born bourgeois society, the drama is distinguished by the width and cosmic scale of the representation. Lear’s destiny is determined by this struggle of the worlds only to a certain degree. The two social systems, the patriarchal way of life.
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Analysis of The Stone Boy by Gina Berriault Literature Book Report/Review
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Arnold is depicted in the end as realizing the futility of trying to convince the outside world of his real identity and needs. He becomes what they imagine him to be. Eugene’s death causes the abrupt loss of his childhood and tender feelings. He is no longer hopeful of making a real connection with other human beings. 
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Approaches that Help to Use to Analyze Literature Literature Assignment
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What is most important is the idea to gauge whether or not the relevant piece of literature discusses the subject at hand in the light of the words that have been chosen and the phrasing which has been done. The approaches that could be employed in the wake of identifying the true self of literature include the understanding related to the topic under discussion.
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Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Literature Book Report/Review
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The original plan was to have each character tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two stories on the way back, but either Chaucer never finished the journey or the entire collection has never been found.  What is unique about the tales is that each character has a different voice and a different perspective on life.  As a result, many of these characters and stories represent the dominant ideals of the age. 
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My Enemy Saved Me: A Critical Analysis of Geoffrey Philip's My Brother's Keeper Literature Essay
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Another aspect of language that is distinctive about this story is the use of Biblical allusion as in the names of the characters aside from the title itself. David is a name in the Bible referring to a boy who defeated the giant Goliath. In this story, the little David is also able to stand out saving the main character
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The Most Wanted Drink Literature Essay
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People are quite happy to drink the diet versions of the original drinks and think that these do not contain carbohydrates and fats. Well unfortunately as I have no other option I would like to give these people a surprise by stating the fact according to a survey these fizzy drinks in any form are the biggest factor of obesity in humans.
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The White Castle Literature Essay
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. In a way, it is a story of the characters that are compelled to seek new identity, as they are placed in a new cultural situation. In their ardent attempt to gain a new identity, everything rooted or fixed, be it personal, social, or national seem to get shaken.
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Character Analysis of Antonio in Bless Me, Ultima Literature Essay
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The portrayal of Antonio is rather from the inside – since he is a passive spectator who happens to be deeply introspective. The fact that Anaya had a swimming accident which left him partly paralyzed when he was seventeen years old had led him to pertinent philosophical questions regarding life.
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The review of the females characters Literature Essay
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The main problem is to focus a reader’s attention on various elements of our lives that frequently pass by under our radar because they are ubiquitous in our society. In each of these three stories, it can be seen that the female characters’ lives were strongly constrained by the attitudes of their society and their ability to question them.
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The Forbidden Love Story In A Rose for Emily Literature Essay
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Emily was loved by many men of the town but they were all forced by her father." (Collected Stories,1995) She feels that she has no freedom at all. Through the years, the influence of her father affects her mental state. Hence, she doesn't recognize nor accept the death of his father even after his burial.
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Comparison of Christopher Marlowe's and Oscar Wilde's Plays Literature Essay
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Both plays focus on the idea of deception as the primary means of driving the action. Therefore, while deception can be seen to be the primary theme in both plays, then, the outcomes are different based on the characters’ different choices regarding whether to continue the deception or to ‘come clean’.
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The Loss of the Creature Literature Essay
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According to the research findings, there are several main points made in Walter Percy’s essay and it is easy to agree with most of them since the issues described in the essay can be experienced and have been experienced by many learners. To better understand these issues and to know why the issues are valid problems, it would be ideal if we examine them individually.
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Literature Book Report/Review
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Throughout the story, Alice reveals herself to be a thinking, acting, assertive girl that is quite different from the passive, sedate and thoughtless girls of the era.  While most girls were trained to hold their tongues even when they were thinking something, Alice seems incapable of curbing her thoughts to even the slightest degree. 
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The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan and the Japanese Sense of Unity Literature Essay
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The book deals with a chapter out of Japan’s own feudal history, when a number of different warlords were battling each other fiercely to control all of Japan (Yasushi: Riley 2006).
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Flannery OConnors Challenged Characters Literature Research Paper
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Although Hulga and Lucynell share many common characteristics and a short summary of the plot of each of their stories, “Good Country People” and “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” the overall message coming out of each story is completely different because of the way in which Flannery O’Connor presented her characters.
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Critique: A Streetcar Named Desire Literature Book Report/Review
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Shaw, the "supply-man," who "has been going through Laurel for years and . . . knows all about her" (359), is Mitch's other source about Blanche's doubtful reputation. According to the OED, to straw (vb. 1) means "to fence or border (a field) with straw," a straw (sb. 2) being a "strip of wood or under-wood forming the border of a field."
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Poems The Fish Snake and Woodchucks Literature Essay
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In the poem “The Fish” the poet is not subjected to any constraint, that produces fear or annoyance in her as far as the fish is concerned. The fish does not resist capture and fish, in general, are not known to cause harm to human beings. Similarly, in the “Snake”, the speaker is faced with an animal that is known to be dangerous and in his mind.
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Harriet Jacobs and Linda Brent Literature Book Report/Review
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The character of Linda Brent (that is the author herself) cannot be analyzed the same way one would analyze a character in a play. Yet, the polemic of the novel often distorts our perception of the heroine, driving the focuses from the multidimensional nature of a really existing human being to her reactions to the conditions of her slave life.
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Tension and Atmosphere in Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Selected Short Stories Literature Essay
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Webbing around language in first person narration, theme structure and context, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was able to create tension, define characters and set the mood and atmosphere.
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The Concept of Loneliness in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lees Arthur Radley Literature Essay
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The consequences for both characters are essentially the same in that they are both tragically misunderstood and although regarded as outcasts are no different from anyone else. Both Lee and Camus demonstrate major societal conflict through their themes of loneliness as manifested in Boo and Meursault.
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Analysis of Two Kinds Written by Amy Tan Literature Essay
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The place may vary, the social conditions may vary, and even the culture may be different. But, the basic maternal love and desire cannot be different. If a mother is not intelligent enough to study and understand the different kinds of pressures under which she brings up her child, the relationships with her daughter may become strenuous
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The Roles of the lead Protagonists and Conflicts in the Novels Literature Essay
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From this paper, it is clear that the author’s use these conflicts to bring the protagonist to maturity and self-awareness. Jane Austen’s protagonist Emma Woodhouse is a wealthy young woman lacking in nothing, perhaps only modestly. Her growth and maturity revolve around her attempts at romantic matchmaking and especially her attempts to groom Harriet.
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A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor and Where are you going, where have you been by Joyce Carol Oates Literature Essay
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The author describes that the grandmother and her family in O'Connor's novel had an accident on a rural road.  The car they flagged down was a convicted killer called The Misfit and his two cohorts.  When the grandmother recognized him as The Misfit and told him so.  This made The Misfit decide to kill everyone right there on the spot. 
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Richard Wrights Black Boy Literature Essay
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Richard Wrights “Black Boy,” tells the story of his personal struggle as a black boy growing up in 20s America in Jim Crow South. However, it is also a social and political commentary on the historical position of black people in the United States at that time and as such the book offers a wider commentary beyond the personal experience of one boy.
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The Poem Patriotism by Sir Walter Scott Literature Essay
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I found the poem to be quite uplifting in the beginning but the notes at the end certainly took a downward turn since the end of the unpatriotic led me to feel sorry for such a person. Perhaps that is the idea that Scott was trying to give and if that is the case then the poem certainly succeeded in passing that idea.
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Metaphors as Doublespeak Literature Essay
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A figurative language is a tool that an author employs to help the reader visualize what is happening in a story. Some common types of figurative language are - simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, puns, and sensory language. Language is the only way we have to be able to communicate with each other about the real world around.
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Progress of English Literature Literature Essay
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As English literature progresses with the daily changes to which the world continually adapts, the key elements of prose and poetry have significantly changed over the years. The classic pieces of the past have served as stairways to today’s bold and striking attempts to establish a modern literary Renaissance
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Literary Theory Literature Essay
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The author states that a basic idea, the story, is all that is needed to write a naturally flowing novel.  Some of the best-written novels are the ones that were written as the ideas came to light, and not from something planned and written in advance. Sometimes it is best to let the story take hold of itself.
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